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Competing in the Whittell girl’s tournament last weekend, the Lady Vandals had to play against three 2A teams, but did come away with a thrilling win over Yerington. Opening with the Yerington Lions, Gracie Garrett and Kyra Todd coming for 16 and 12 points respectively to lead Eureka to a 44-42 win. An especially sweet […]
Eureka Girls Pick up Win over 2A Yerington
Eureka Wrestlers Compete at Pershing County Invitational
Vandals coach Jeremy Auch took his growing group of wrestlers to the Pershing County Mustang Invitational in Lovelock last weekend. The boys earned 38.5 points for 17th place in a 23-team field. Lowry won the tournament with 202.5 points. For the Vandals, Orrin Knudson at 106 pounds lost his two matches, first by pin to […]
Vandals Lose Close Games at Tourney
Not as successful a weekend as the Eureka Vandals would have liked at the Whittell tournament Dec. 12-14. Boys coach Fred Minoletti said, “We went 0-4. Our first three games were close and went back and forth for most of each game. But we made too many mistakes at the end of each game to […]
Governors Seek Funds to Improve Broadband, get Telemedicine, Education Initiatives into Rural West
By Shannon Miller The Nevada Independent Governors from the West, who hail from states with vast tracts of sparsely populated land, are making it a priority to implement technology that can bridge inequities between urban and rural areas — including more broadband access to bring high-speed phone and internet service to remote areas, long an […]
Christmas Reflections
Did you know that the Pilgrims banned Christmas? Dec. 25 in the New World at the time of the Pilgrims was far from the joyous time some experience today. Most of us like to think our Pilgrim forefathers were the original ideal Americans, getting along well with everyone and skillfully overcoming every event, every trial […]
December 26, 2019
Nevada Accuses US Government of ‘Secret Plutonium Smuggling’
By Scott SonnerAssociated Press RENO — Nevada wants a federal judge to declare illegal what it calls the U.S. government’s “secret plutonium smuggling operation” and order the removal of weapons-grade material already shipped to a security site north of Las Vegas over the state’s objections. The latest filing in a yearlong legal battle asks U.S. […]
All Provisions of State Constitution Must be Adhered to
The lawyers for Nevada’s lawmakers appear to have finally stumbled onto a provision of the state Constitution worthy of being adhered to. In mid-November the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) announced that four-term Las Vegas Democratic Assemblywoman Heidi Swank had been selected to head up the Division of Outdoor Recreation, which had […]
Laws Protecting Journalists Should Apply to Bloggers
The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled earlier this month that online publications are protected under the state’s 1970s-era shield law that protects journalists for newspapers, periodicals, press associations, radio and television stations from being required to reveal their news sources during litigation — even though lawmakers at the time doubtlessly did not envision the creation […]